This is just too much fun to not write about. On November 15th (the day Beaujolais Nouveau is released), Tokyo’s Square Enix Company will release a game entitles Beginners Wine for the DS handheld system. The title features information like step-by-step instructions for picking out a bottle of wine and how to swirl a glass before smelling it. With a database of 120 bottles, a glossary, a quiz, and even a guide to “bluffing” wine knowledge the game “makes wine more accessible to everyone,” Nintendo said in a Press Release.

The game isn’t likely to make it out of Japan, but it is a fantastic idea. I fully believe that things like this are needed to make wine accessible in every-day life. And what a great reference tool this would be for sommeliers or those in wine sales. So Nintendo and Square Enix, if you’re out there listening, I’d love to see this in the US. I’d even by a DS for it.